Belt-buckle.



J. CHABOT.

BELT BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1916.

Patented May 22, 1917.

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JOSEPH cleaner, or non'm A'r'rmnono, massacnosnr'rs, ASSIGNOR T0 GEO. L.rams COMPANY, or NORTH 'ATTLEBOBO, ASSA HUSETTS, A CORPORATION or axonsISLAND.

BELT-BUCKLE.

means Specification of hetter's Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

egglioation filed November 4, 1916. Serial No. 129,609.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr CHABor,Ia

citizen of. the United States, residing at.

Further, the invention aims to provide a clamping device which can beeasily and quickly manipulated, and which is also positively moved toposition to allow of the insertion of the belt.-

- Other and further objectswilllbe later herein set forth and manifestedin the course of the'following description.

In the draWings Figure 1 is a front. elevation of the invention. r

Fig. 2 is a top plan view. i

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4= of member to be easily operatedfrom either Fig. 1, and p l Fig. 5 is a similar view on the line -55 'ofFig. 3. y

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, a casing isemployed which has a front wall 1 and side walls 2, each of the latterbeing provided with registering slots 3, through which a bar 4 ispassed. Heads 5' are formed on'the bar 4, and enable the latterto beactuated in a manner hereinafter described from either one or both endsof the bar.

.A clamping member proper 6 is secured to the bar 4 and is formed with astruckfoutjaw 7 adapted to 'bite'into or grip the belt end B. Member 6has right angular sides 8 through which the hard is passed and one ofthese sides is engageahle, at its edge with a cam 9 secured adjacent oneof the side walls 2 of the casing as depicted in Fig. 4; of thedrawings. V

An anchoring bar 10 is ailixed to the casing to secure the other end Cof the belt thereto, and a limiting bar 11 is also secured to the, sidewalls 2 of the casing to restrict the out movement of the clampingmember and to effect clamping of the latter. Theside 8 of the clampingmember 6 adjacent to the cam 9 is formed somewhat rounded at 12, so thatwhen the clamping member is drawn toward the cam 9 it will ride up onthe latter and thus'cause the free or front end of the clamping member.

bar 11, thus permitting the belt end B to 'to' rock or swing outwardlytoward the be easily slid into the casing, as shown in dotted lines inFig. 2. Any tendency toward movement of the belt end '6 away from thecasing will cause the inclined outer face of the clamping member to rideon or against the bar 11, and thus force the jaw 7 into engagement withthe belt end C, as will be apparent. For this latter pur .pose theclamping member 6 has an inclined disposition so that it will be wedgedbetween the bar 11, and casing front 1, as

will be apparentfrom Fig. 4 of the drawin s.

hhe jaw 7 is a part of the clamping member 6 and moves therewith so thatthe wedging action ofthe bar 11 will be at a point directly to the rearof the jaw to thus more efi'ectively'hold jaw 7 in position clamping thebelt.. The heads 5 allow the clamping ters Patent is 1. Abelt buckleincluding a casing formed with side walls provided with registeringslots, a bar slidable in the slots and having its ends headed, a clamphaving side flanges through which the bar is passed, a cam fixed in thecasing, one of the side flanges of the clamp being rounded to engage thecam whereby upon such engagement the free end of the clamp will beautomatically raised to allowof the insertion of a belt end between theclamp and the casing, said clamp hav- .2. A, belt b1" le, including acasing, a

clamp, means to connect the clamp to the casing to allow of slidable andpivotal movement thereof, a fixedcam borne by the easing, 1 canson. theclamp to engage the cam and. 1 oi'natically rock the clamp upon slidmomnt of the clamp in one direction, ano means to cngagethe clamp to movesame to belt clamping position upon movement of the clamp 'in theopposite direction.

3. In abelt buckle, a casing, a clamp,

20 means to connect the clamp at one end there of to the casing so thatthe clamp may bodily slide and have oscillatory mmrement at its oppositeend, means to force the clamp into belt clamping position upon sliding95 thereof in one direction, and means to oscillate said opposite end ofthe clamp to move same out of belt --cla mping position upon "sliding ofthe clamp in he opposite directl'Ol'lr 4. In a belt buckle, a casing, aclamp, means to connect one end of the clamp to the casing so that saidend of the clamp is free of engagement with the belt and the oppositeend may oscillate toward and away from the casing, means engageable'withsaid first named end of the clamp to move said oscillatory end of theclamp out of belt clamping position, and means to actuate theoscillatory end of the clamp to movesame into belt clamping position.

5. A belt buckle including a casing, a clamp, means to pivotally andslidably connect the clamp to the casing so as to cause same to have aninclined relation thereto, means to automatically rock the clamp so asto move same completely out of belt clamping position upon movement ofthe clamp in one direction, and means engaging the inclined part of theclamp to wedge same to clamp the belt upon movement of the clamp in theopposite direction.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH CHABOT. lVitnesses Mironnn L. DARLING, WALTER C. IiIGHLAND

